柯林斯詞典district attorney (district attorneys) 1. N-COUNT A district attorney is a lawyer who works for a city, state, or federal government and puts on trial people who are accused of crimes. The abbreviation D.A. is also used. 檢察官 返回 district attorney劍橋詞典a lawyer whose job is to represent the government in a particular area of the US 地方檢察官 返回 district attorney